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A Short History of Medicine

'I have a headache':

2000 BCE: Here, eat this root.1000 AD: That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.1850 AD: That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.1940 AD: That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.1985 AD: That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.2011 AD: That antibiotic is artificial.